Written for: The Sunday Muse #111
Painting by Surrealist Artist Alexandra Dillon
My eyes are locked
on you. Everywhere
you go I will be there.
You wear my ring,
and so are harnessed
to the broom to keep
our house in order.
No, I would not say
that you are a slave.
You are simply
indentured by marriage.
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I was married to man like that and now we are divorced. LOL Always wonderful to see you at the Muse Sara! 🤩
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I was married and divorced, and later lived with someone who was exactly the same!
Takes me a little longer to learn.
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‘indentured by marriage’ ….. oh boy, I’ve lived it too.
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Seems like several people here have lived it.
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Felt the weight of that eye in this. A terrible conception of partnership 😦
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Yes, it is, but as we know, it does exist.
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Oh, I know that feeling. My poem is my response to that indentiture. Smiles.
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I will be over to visit!
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Hmmm, a lot of that going around, I think!
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Time to break the chains!
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Well, my mother always said “For someone to walk all over you, you first have to lie down”. It stayed in my thought banks always!
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Good one!
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“My eyes are locked / on you.” — perfect! I wish I thought of that!
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Thanks, q! Your poem are always wonderful to read.
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“indentured by marriage” Wow! For many that has been/is the case.
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Too true. Thanks, Susie.
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